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populationstheir

Populationstheir is a term that has appeared in some sociolinguistic and demographic discussions as a neologism intended to foreground the agency of populations in statistical analysis and policy making. The word combines population with their, signaling a shift from impersonal demographic categories to an emphasis on groups as actors with rights and preferences.

Etymology and usage: The term is not widely standardized; it has appeared in scholarly blogs and concept

Conceptual features: Populationstheir stresses that data about a group should be owned or co-produced by the

Applications: In urban planning, public health, and development projects, a populationstheir approach invites community-defined indicators and

Limitations and reception: The term remains rare, and its meaning can be ambiguous without explicit definition.

See also: population, demography, data sovereignty, participatory planning, community-based research.

notes
as
a
conceptual
label
rather
than
a
formal
statistic.
It
is
often
used
in
discussions
about
participatory
data
collection,
where
members
of
a
community
are
consulted
to
ensure
that
data
gathering
and
interpretation
reflect
their
perspectives.
group
itself.
It
aligns
with
ideas
of
data
sovereignty
and
community-led
governance,
and
it
is
sometimes
invoked
in
contrast
to
traditional
population
descriptors
that
may
obscure
local
variation.
narratives,
and
may
accompany
participatory
budgeting,
local
surveys,
and
rights-based
framing
of
outcomes.
Critics
caution
that
it
can
overemphasize
identity
at
the
expense
of
comparability
or
standardization
in
statistics.